People get too much into well I survived Gilbert, I survived Andrew…Mostly cannot leave their homes because it is a toss between leaving and having thieves empty the place, or staying and chance being flooded or nothing happening or at leats they think if they stay they have a fighting chance. Most poor people with home sin bad places think they have no where to go, no shelters or not enough, or fear of going into shelters.

The communities in NY and other Northern states are already getting together to help. Problem is that flights out to PR and the rest have been cancelled and will remain so until further notice. It si dangerous to send help under those conditions so people will have to fend by themselves a long time.

Since RD is an ally, I hope Taiwan can help rebuild. Though depending on the effects of the hurricane, China might use that to muscle in. St. Kitts and Nevis, another friendly, is also in harm’s way.

For the coming days some scattered showers have to be expected, but I’d be surprised by any real heavy rain. The storm has almost completely dissipated. By “showers” I mean really small amounts of rain anywhere from Kaohsiung to Taichung.

On a normal day, He Huan Shan/Wuling should be good weather up until noon. The group that I’m going with will finish before then, so we’re not that concerned. Wind we can deal with, but, any form of rain is not preferred.

At the rate it’s dissipating, I don’t think it will have any impact in that area during the weekend. Yesterday it was as tropical storm, today it’s basically a fart with a few clouds spinning around it.

So far they only issued a strong wind warning for Penghu, with no mention of rain.

Edit:

Another invest has formed and it may follow the same Philippines/HK trajectory.